César Rengifo, forensic pathologist, started to notice the symptoms of a duodenal ulcer at the end of ‘55. He’d become paler and thinner than ever. The three aunts who had brought him up said he was getting ill because he was so disorganized, ate the wrong things, drank too much and hung around…
Eyes That Have Seen the Sea
Tomás González
Translated by Lucy Greaves
‘He had just finished unpacking his rucksack, new only ten days ago and now a sodden, salty, decomposing rag, when they called him.’
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
Nothing to see here!

Peace Shall Destroy Many
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Blue Sky Days
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Vladimir in Love
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The Transition
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
Tomás González
Tomás González was born in Medellín, Colombia in 1950. He is the author of Abraham Among Bandits along with other novels, story collections and books of poetry. His most recent novel is Difficult Light.
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Lucy Greaves has lived and worked in Colombia, Peru, Chile and Switzerland, and holds an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia. She works as a freelance translator from Spanish, Portuguese and French, and she is based in Bristol, UK.
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